New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-06-20
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HOW SHARP SPENT SUNDAY
HE TOOK A DRIVE AND DINED AT HOME.
TIE JURYMEN TRYING TO MAKE THE BEST or
THEIR sECIUsIoN


| THE JURYMEN TRYING TO MAKE THE BEST OF
THEIR sECLUsIoN.
In his parlor-p prison. on the first floor OF Ludlow
Street Jail, Jacob Sharp arose Yesterday morning
| at 80 o'clock, having been in bed since 8 80
The night before. He SAID he had slept fairly well
out III That sieop what dreams may have come to
him was something that he said nothing about
unless IL was communicated to his wife or TO his
daughter, both OF whom with him all night
and have taken up their abode at the prison for
The present. He parook sparngly of breakfast,
prepared by the prison cook. Soon alter III
o'clock Cnder-Shenf Sexton and Deputy Sheriff
Burke arrived, accompanied by Mr.. Sharps son-in-
law, and i'll two carriages the entire party pro-
ceeded to Mr. Sharns house in Twenty third ST.,
where the rest OF the day was spent.
Mr. Sharp's custodians did not lose sight of him
during tho day. At 7 80 p. m. the prisoner with
his wife and daughter and the Sherin's officers
returned to Ludlow Street Jail. Mr.. Sharp, who
looked weary, Immediately retired 10 his room with
the members oil the family. They had taken
IA late dinner at their own house and IartooIl OF
no food after returning to the prison. Warden
heating, whose own sleeping apartment adjoins
That OF Mr. Sharp with door connecting them,
mad taken every precaution for the safc-keeping OF
his prisoner and did not find ii necessary to enter
Mr. Sharps room before the latter retired for tho
night. No other persons than those mentioned
called to see the alleged King Of the BoodleIs
1he Gagged Jurymen, who are TO decide the lale of
Mr. Sharp remained at the Metropolitan Hotel all
LAY under the watchful eye OF Captain William II.
tlclets and the six faithful court officers who have
assisted him In looking after the Jurics III tie
previous municipal bribery cases-.julius t. Arnold
Marcus Hbbard, John Nolan, Michael Martin, james
L. McN eany and Michael Brophy. 1he urymen,
having made up their minds that the inevitable
must DE submitted 10, had become reconciled to
their fate and were in a cheerful flame ol mind.
Ihey had had a pleasant drive the preceding
afternoon TO Riverside Park had slept well each
III ms separate room ON the top floor OF the hotel
without any officer in the same APARTMENT and
DieaiiaSted at IN the cOsey dining room set apart
Tor their especial accommodation Captain Rick
etts had arisen at an early hour and obtained for
each juror except one the paper that he is in the
habit OF taking and had carefully cut out all the
reports of the trial and editorial alusions To it.
lhe eXpurgated copies wero given to the Irymcn
at breakfast time. Five of them took The TRIB-
UNE, four "lhe Times, one The World" and one
The Herald. The morning was spent in reading
and chatting.
The wives of Jurymen Mead Hopping. Palmer,
Kahn and Wolf called to sec them and spent
portion Of the day. Three nephcws of Colonel
Marvin, the twelfth Juror. were with him part of
the day 1t Juryman kahn's birthday and
his family sent him present a horn Of plenty.
IL was the only horn of any kind that any uyman
was permitted to take.
None Of the lurymcn left the hotel during the
day, and none Of them expressed any desire 10 do
50. After dinner they took airing on the front
balcony. The evening was spent in reading and
talking, the subject Of the trial being carefully
avoided. Mr. Mead absorbed i'm the pcuisal
of "1he Life of Alexander the Grrat and Mr. WOLF
read novel. Before midni8ht the twelve nests
close under the eavos of the hotel roof
poSts for the niqht watch in tho only corridor by
which the apartments could be approached.